Airson's Story, Part Nine

Neo was standing with his right hand holding the sword on his back. He was discharging pink lightning from his body.

Airson began charging his own lightning.

They fell to the first floor as their pressure broke the footing beneath them.

In a flash, Neo made the first move. He tried to chop off Airson's head in one swing but missed. Airson had dodged the blade by bending backwards. He countered by landing on his hands and kicking upward, forcing Neo to back off.

Airson didn't have a sword to fight with, so he created daggers made up of lightning that he could hold in each hand. That way he could fight evenly.

Neo's eyes glowed for a moment, then he disappeared, leaving small sky blue cubes of energy behind him.

"Where'd he go...?!"

"Behind you."

Airson looked behind him, Neo was already swinging his sword.

fwoosh!

Airson avoided a fatal blow, but still he got slashed in the back. He winced at the pain. "He can teleport too?!"

Neo started forming a mass of energy in his left hand. It turned into a pink ring of lightning. "Halo." He threw the attack at Airson, who dodged by rolling to the left.

The ring exploded when it hit the wall and blew up half of the entire inn. The explosion knocked Airson outside.

Airson looked up. Neo was flying straight for him, with his sword pointing down.

boom!

Lightning spread out in a twenty-foot radius, causing the ground to break up.

Nigel and the others saw the fight happening. "Airson!"

Airson held his hand up. "Stay back. Personal problem."

Neo and Airson continued fighting.

"Personal?" Miraka asked, "He knows that guy?"

"Who knows who that guy knows." Nigel said, "Let's focus on getting the bystanders out the way!"

The group evacuated any people nearby the inn.

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Airson was at a disadvantage. "Why is he so strong? Not to mention fast."

Neo was quick with his sword, he attacked efficiently, and was able to teleport in any direction to throw Airson off.

Neo disappeared again, reappearing right next to Airson. He swung his blade.

fwoosh!

Airson blocked with his two lightning daggers. Neo did a horizontal flip and kicked him in the side of his head.

wham!

Airson was knocked several meters away.

"I have to use it, there's no other choice here!!" Airson thought.

"SUPER..." Airson released a shockwave of white-yellow lightning. His body surged with power. "...ULTRASONIC!!"

Neo was forced to slide back a little from the shockwave. "So you do have some power."

Airson stood up straight. He made a ball of lightning in his hand. He used to read books back in Arbok City on known powers and abilities that readers could teach themselves. One of them was right up his alley.

"Lightning Storm!" he quickly stepped in front of Neo.

Right before his attack hit, Neo teleported above him swinging his blade.

Airson jumped sideways and turned his body upwards while mid-air to look at Neo. His Lightning Storm was still intact. He thrust it upwards at the sword.

boom!

The impact shot Neo far up into the air, and left a crater underneath Airson.

Airson immediately flew up to chase Neo down.

"My sword broke..." Neo said with disinterest. He threw the half sword away from him. He saw Airson shooting up. "You're getting ahead of yourself." he muttered.

Airson missed his punch. Neo quickly kicked him in his side. Chasing him, Neo hit Airson three more times before he hit the ground.

thoom!

"Are you serious?!" Airson thought. "How strong is this guy?!"

Airson got up.

Neo stood a few meters away.

"Why do you look so... bored?" Airson asked him irritably.

Neo kept a straight face. "I didn't think that after all this time looking forward to our fight that my only brother would be this weak."

Airson couldn't believe it. "Weak...? Super Ultrasonic is weak to him?!" he thought.

"I'm still going to kill you… eventually." Neo said. "But I wanted to fight someone stronger than this. I've lost interest. Get stronger. I'll determine if you're actually worth fighting."

Neo then disappeared into the blue energy pixels once more and he was gone.

The fight that just occurred destroyed a good portion of Kelvin Village.

Airson returned to his base form, feeling defeated and angry at himself. He clutched at the dirt. "My own brother... is that much stronger than me...? What have I been doing these past few years? Goofing off with my friends?! I'm weak... I'm too weak."

Miraka watched as Airson sat on the ground feeling humiliated. She walked over to him. "Are you... okay?"

"NO I'M NOT OKAY!!!" Airson lashed out, "MY OWN BROTHER WHO I JUST MET FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE LOOKED ME IN THE EYES AND TOLD ME I WASN'T EVEN WORTH FIGHTING!! I FEEL LIKE NOTHING!!!"

Airson was breathing heavily now. The pride he had in himself was shattered. "First Asnoth, now him?! What is wrong with me?"

Miraka kneeled on the ground in front of him. She gave him a hug.

Airson kept shaking with anger.

Miraka held him tighter. "It's okay. I'm still here. I'm still here for you."

Airson slowly calmed down. "Miraka…" He closed his eyes. "I have to get stronger, whatever the cost."